How to bury two presidential candidates in a few seconds? Judie, 67, democratic activist from North Carolinahas the answer: “He is homosexual. He cannot be elected. And neither do women! » Pete Buttigieg, Biden’s former minister, and all those who dream of succeeding Trump “will never be president!” » She has nothing against them: “It’s so sad. The best candidates are not eligible. We saw it clearly with Kamala Harris. » As for Gavin Newsomthe governor of California, she brushes off his name: “Too Californian. »
The scene takes place in the suburban and affluent Arboretum district, south of Charlotte, during an electoral “pop-up”, which Americans love: activists take over an intersection to distribute their leaflets and chat with motorists. We are in the Bible Belt, this region where religion permeates daily life and where Democrats still have old conservative reflexes. Here, Kennedy’s party has a Southern accent… That of Bill Clinton but also George Wallace. Ali, 81, is from the same school. She would vote “without hesitation” for Buttigieg, whom she finds cultured and perfectly capable of governing. Only here it is: “I have no confidence in this country’s ability to elect a homosexual. Not today. » A resignation that says a lot about the way these Democrats view their own electorate.
This is the Democratic headache on the eve of 2028
In New York, his forty-year-old children do not have these moods. They love Zohran Mamdani. “They don’t find it radical”says their mother. This is the entire Democratic puzzle as we approach 2028. In big cities, a new generation is pushing the party to the left. In the small towns of the South, activists reason as in the days when the Democrats were able to win Arkansas or Louisiana. Judie, however, understands the impatience of youth. “They can’t buy a house until they’re 40.” And they will be replaced by artificial intelligence. » It’s no surprise to her that they seek their salvation further to the left. In a sign of the influence of the ultra-left, on Thursday, a thousand kilometers away, in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim candidate from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, who is running for a seat in the United States Senate, refused to say who, Iran or Israel, represented the greater threat to America.
